The image above seems to have been inspiration for what I would like to experiment with next. I was really struggling with where to go next, but I knew I wanted it to be around the idea of a self portrait which follows on from our group discussion when ending the Shelter project. This quick drawing seems to have been a door opening for what I would like to do next. I would like to create a video self portrait. I have gained inspiration from Andy Warhol's Screen Shots and how nothing really happens in them but at the same time are quite powerful. Also I want to try a different medium away from mark making and illustration as I feel that I have done all I can with that and it doesn't inspire me at the moment.
The basic idea I have is sitting in front of the camera, just myself. I want to explore the relationship with have with a camera and how we have an unconscious perception of ourselves in our minds, which when shown in reality is not what we want to see. Why is it we have a totally different perception in our minds? and why does it make us uncomfortable when watching ourselves back to see what we really are, which is what everyone always sees us as anyway? This is something I would like to explore, using myself as the experiment.
